VirtualBox gets new updates very frequently on Windows and Linux systems… if you want to consistently get these updates when they become available, you’ll want to add VirtualBox repository to your systems… doing that will make all future updates available to your systems immediately…

For those who don’t know what VirtualBox is, it’s a cross-platform virtualization software that allows you to run guest operating system inside a windows of the host computer. The guest machine can Windows, Linux or Mac operating systems..

To get started with adding VirtualBox’s repository to Ubuntu systems, follow the steps below:

Step 1: Add VirtualBox Repository Key

To install VirtualBox repositories, you must first add the repository key… the key allows Ubuntu to authenticate and validate that all packages downloaded from the repository are trusted and signed with the repository key… this adds a layer of security

Finally, run the commands below to install the latest version of the software.

sudo apt update
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-5.2

Step 4: Install VirtualBox Extension Pack

After installing VirtualBox.. the next step will be to install the extension pack… to do that, go to its download page by clicking the link below… the select the supported extension for the current platform..

Scroll down and accept the licensing terms and complete the installation…. when you’re done… you should have the latest version of VirtualBox installed after running the above commands… Now go to search for the package and launch it.